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Trump's 140 minutes of "apotheosis" in the Knesset

Monday, October 13


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This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East., emphasized US President Donald Trump during his speech to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, on the day of the release of the last 20 Hamas hostages.

Trump's speech took place a few hours before the Peace Summit in Egypt, where the future of Gaza and the next steps of the ceasefire are to be discussed, according to the 20-point plan proposed by the Republican leader.

Trump entered the parliament building amidst applause which were stopped after repeated recommendations by the body's president, Amir Ohana, before he himself began to list those contributed to reaching the agreement and the release of the hostages , both members of the Israeli and American governments.

Trump praised Netanyahu while expressing his thanks to the Arab countries that participated and pressured Hamas to accept the plan.

Trump did not skip the praise for his negotiating skills Steve Witkoff and his Jared Kushner, while also referring to the Marco Rubio. Marco will go down in history as the best US Secretary of State, he said, adding that the Pete Hegseth he is a much better leader than we thought.

As you know, we won two world wars and all the ones in between and all the ones before, he said and added that in In nine months he managed to end 8 wars. Until yesterday I was saying seven, but the hostages returned., he emphasized amid applause.

The US has the most powerful military in history, we have weapons that everyone is afraid of and I hope we don't have to use them, and we have given many of them to Israel.

Why don't you grant amnesty to Netanyahu?

Addressing Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Trump said:"Mr. President, why don't you grant amnesty to Netanyahu?"

Trump referred to the October 7, 2023 , as the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, spoke of a new era for Israel and a Middle East in which The forces of terror are now weak, isolated and defeated. .

An alliance of responsible and proud nations is emerging and because of us, the enemies of civilization are retreating, thanks to the bravery of the Israeli army and Operation Eastern Lions against Iran.

As he said The deal could not have been completed without the US strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. in June. We removed a big cloud from the Middle East and Israel, he stressed, while also mentioning that Israel, with our help, has gained everything it could and that now is the time for peace and prosperity throughout the Middle East.

My hope and dream is that the Abraham Accords will prove to be what we hoped they would be, and I want to thank the countries that participated., he emphasized.

What we did today could have been done a long time ago but it didn't happen because of the Obama and Biden administrations and their hatred of Israel. .

We are ready and it will be the best choice Iran can make, he said, addressing the leadership of the Islamic country, calling on them to cooperate. not out of weakness, as he characteristically said.

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